Jala, Nayarit

The municipality of Jala is located in the southern part of the state of Nayarit; between parallels 21° 5’ and 21° 20’ latitude north and meridians 104° 18’ and 104° 31’ longitude west.

The economy is based on agriculture with the main crops being corn (maize), sorghum, peanuts, sugarcane, and fruit trees.

According to researchers, in prehistoric times Ceborucco had at least 2 very large eruptions that produced 2 concentric calderas.

The original volcano was mostly made up of thin andesite lava flows and pyroclastic layers.

There is also an excavation area of an archeological site of a temple and burial grounds thought to date to 700 AD, nearby; one of the few round-based pyramids found in Mexico.